Handsome men and women often appear to be blessed with lucky lives. Now research has shown they are cleverer than most people as well.

长得好看的男人和女人似乎常常拥有幸运的人生，如今研究显示他们还比大多数人都聪明。

 

Studies in Britain and America have found they have IQs 14 points above average.

英国和美国的研究发现，相貌好的人的智商比平均智商高出14分。

 

It appears that those already physically blessed attract partners who are not just good looking but brainy too, according to research by the London School of Economics.

伦敦政治经济学院的一项研究发现，那些被赋予一副好相貌的人往往能吸引那些既漂亮又聪明的人成为他们的伴侣。

 

The children of these couples will tend to inherit both qualities, building a genetic link over successive generations between them.

这些夫妇生下来的孩子通常会继承他们的美貌和智慧，这种基因联系经历连续数代后将被强化。

 

In Britain, the study found that men who are physically attractive had IQs an average 13.6 points above the norm while women were about 11.4 points higher.

在英国，研究发现俊男的平均智商要比普通人高13.6分，而美女的平均智商比普通人高11.4分。